The 41st annual Van Buren County CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Hunger Walk was held Sunday, April 30, in Paw Paw. A total of 93 area residents took part in the 3.1 mile walk around downtown Paw Paw, which began and ended at the Paw Paw United Methodist Church. A quarter of all money Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW – An estimated $15,000 in damages was reported last fall to park bathrooms on Maple Island, and in the past week, vandal(s) damaged a bathroom and picnic tables at nearby Sunset Park Boat Launch and at Maple Island, at Maple Lake, here, according to a press release from the Read More…
I apologize in advance because some of you think I pontificate too much on my personal life, but I gotta reach out one more time and congratulate my son on earning his BA degree in political science from Eastern Michigan University on Sunday. Many of you know Jordan from all he does for Wilcox Newspapers. Read More…
The lead character in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” sings “If I Were a Rich Man.”A small portion of many of our brains fantasizes what it would be like to be wealthy. We dream of a lawyer telling us some long-lost relative fell of their perch and left us bags of loot. Or one Read More…
With nearly 70 percent of the electorate opposed to a second term for President Joe Biden, he announced this week that he’s running despite that number and historically low approval ratings. It could very well be a race between Biden and Donald Trump, the two oldest presidential candidates in history. I’m not sure that is Read More…
Darlene Ann Spalo, (nee Kucera) passed away peacefully at Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph, Michigan, April 14, 2023, at the age of 77. Born Nov. 30, 1945, she was the middle daughter of Henry James Kucera and Adeline Lauferski of Clarendon Hills, Illinois.She attended Hinsdale Township High School and worked in Chicago after graduation in 1963. Read More…
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer A letter received last Friday, April 21, addressed to a Grand Rapids law firm representing the Save Our Trees: Stop the Power Line members, stated that Consumers Energy was not pursuing the proposed 20-mile route through Almena Antwerp, Paw Paw and Lawrence townships to provide increased power to the Lawrence-Crandall Business Read More…
The Almena Township Board, Wednesday, April 19, filled two vacant trustee seats by appointing Joe Leduc, left, and John Wagner. Both were interviewed during the monthly township meeting, along with six other candidates, and were then selected by the board to fill the seats.Courier-Leader photo/Paul Garrod By Paul GarrodStaff Writer ALMENA – The Almena Township Read More…
Bangor Public Schools were closed Monday, April 24, due to an electrical fire near the high school gymnasium. “Although there does not seem to be much structural damage, smoke was reported through the Middle School and High School hallways,” according to Bangor Public Schools Superintendent Lynn Johnson.Photo courtesy Tom Renner/SHAES
Merry Catherine Morgan (Roberts), 38, of Novato, California (formerly of Paw Paw, Michigan), passed away on April 8, 2023, after a courageous battle with viral meningitis.Merry was born on April 2, 1985, to Glen and Vicki Roberts in Paw Paw, Michigan, and welcomed by her big sister, Rachel. It soon became apparent that her name Read More…